High School Sports Blog

AUSTIN – The state pole vault record was in a state of flux for a 24-hour period at the UIL state track and field meet.

Fort Worth Boswell’s Lakan Taylor broke a six-year-old state record Friday with a vault of 13 feet, 8 inches to win 4A gold. One day later, Justin Northwest junior Desiree Freier one-upped Taylor with a vault of 13-9 to win 5A gold for the second year in a row.

“When I heard she broke it yesterday I was like ‘Oh boy, I have to break it tomorrow,” Freier said. “And I did.”

Breaking a state record was all Freier had left to prove at the state meet. She won silver as a freshman in 2011 and gold as a sophomore last year.

“She came down here wanting to set a record,” Northwest assistant coach Melanie Green said.

Freier’s career-best vault before Saturday was a 13-7 at her area meet this season. She won state last year with a 12-9.

Freier was tested Saturday by Waco Midway’s Annie Rhodes, who successfully vaulted 13-6 on her second attempt. Freier was unsuccessful on her first two attempts at that height but landed the third.

“My nerves were really bad, but I just had to push through it,” Freier said.

Top Picks

Comments

To post a comment, log into your chosen social network and then add your comment below. Your comments are subject to our Terms of Service and the privacy policy and terms of service of your social network. If you do not want to comment with a social network, please consider writing a letter to the editor.